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The Force was with George Lucas on Tuesday as the Los Angeles City Council moved with lightsaber speed to clear the way for a $1.5 billion Museum of Narrative Art the "Star Wars" creator plans to build down the road from his alma mater. After hearing from...

Ariel Investments President Mellody Hobson will become the first African-American woman to chair the Economic Club of Chicago — and the second woman in a row to chair the 90-year-old organization.
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Another familiar Chicago architectural name is about to disappear.
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Long fearful of the stock market, black Americans generally have stayed clear of stocks and mutual funds for generations, and consequently many with solid incomes have lagged far behind whites in accumulating wealth.
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Earlier this year, Juanita Irizarry wrapped up one fight — a failed battle to unseat veteran Ald. Roberto Maldonado, 26th — and walked right into another — against billionaire George Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, as they try to build the Lucas...

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Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Monday sought to distance himself and a private education group he helps fund from the growing scandal over a $20.5 million no-bid contract at Chicago Public Schools that is under federal investigation.
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If you expected filmmaker George Lucas to give Chicago a low-slung museum that would slip quietly into the fiercely contested ground of the city's lakefront, I have news for you: You expected wrong.
A conceptual plan for the proposed Lucas Museum of...

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has launched a campaign to woo the Lucas Museum of Cultural Arts, a legacy project of “Star Wars” creator George Lucas, stepping into what had been a two-way battle between Chicago and San Francisco for the director’s...

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has offered "Star Wars" creator George Lucas a prime lot near the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge for the film director's planned cultural arts museum, according to a letter from the mayor obtained by The Tribune.The 2.3 acre...

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NEW YORK -- The fashion force was with Rodarte designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy on Tuesday when they presented the strongest collection of their career, capped off by five stunning finale gowns incorporating classic artwork from the "Star Wars" films.
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Filmmaker George Lucas and his new wife, Mellody Hobson, have welcomed a girl, born Friday.
Everest Hobson Lucas is the first biological child for both parties, who married on June 22 at Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, the Huffington Post reported.
The...